Region

Middle East & North Africa, 2011 - 2015

Algeria, Bahrain, Cyprus, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, West Bank/Gaza Strip (Palestinian Territories), Yemen

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Foundation Funding for Middle East & North Africa

These are partial figures based on a subset of foundations that shared grants data all five years: Read more about our methodology.

3%
Share of foundation
human rights funding

$295.4 Million out of
$9.4 Billion for all rights
4,080 Grants
from 2011 - 2015

Top Foundation Funders

  1. National Endowment for Democracy $73.0 M
  2. New Israel Fund $47.1 M
  3. Open Doors International $25.1 M
  4. Ford Foundation $23.5 M
  5. The Sigrid Rausing Trust $12.0 M
  6. The Oak Foundation $9.9 M
  7. Hivos $8.7 M
  8. The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation $7.9 M
  9. Euro-Mediterranean Foundation of Support to Human Rights Defenders $7.1 M
  10. Nationale Postcode Loterij $5.9 M
  11. Human Dignity Foundation $5.3 M
  12. The Global Fund for Women $4.8 M
  13. The Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Foundation $4.0 M
  14. The Skoll Foundation $4.0 M
  15. Freedom House $3.5 M
  16. Cordaid $3.4 M
  17. Arab Human Rights Fund $3.3 M
  18. The Coca-Cola Foundation $3.0 M
  19. Fund For Global Human Rights $2.9 M
  20. The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation $2.5 M
  21. NoVo Foundation $2.5 M
  22. King Baudouin Foundation United States $2.3 M
  23. Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program $2.3 M
  24. Humanity United $2.0 M
  25. Anonymous $1.8 M
  26. M = Millions
    B = Billions

Bilateral and Multilateral Funding

11%
Share of OECD
human rights funding

$1.9 Billion out of
$18.1 Billion for all rights
7,207 Disbursements

Top Funders

  1. European Union Institutions $369.9 M
  2. United States $353.9 M
  3. Sweden $244.8 M
  4. Canada $177.1 M
  5. Norway $173.4 M
  6. Denmark $97.4 M
  7. United Kingdom $90.3 M
  8. Switzerland $63.6 M
  9. Germany $62.7 M
  10. Spain $57.3 M
  11. Netherlands $52.9 M
  12. Belgium $45.3 M
  13. Japan $36.7 M
  14. Finland $25.9 M
  15. Ireland $24.2 M
  16. Italy $18.2 M
  17. United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) $15.5 M
  18. Australia $11.8 M
  19. France $6.9 M
  20. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) $5.1 M
  21. United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) $4.9 M
  22. OPEC Fund for International Development $4.5 M
  23. Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) $1.8 M
  24. Global Environment Facility $1.4 M
  25. Iceland $1.3 M
  26. M = Millions
    B = Billions

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Sample Grants

  • The Pollination Project Foundation
    Nicole Ayach (Egypt)
    To foster a dialogue around social change and man's usage of the Nile river through a puppetry performance for audiences at community centers across Cairo and Alexandria.
  • The Margaret A. Cargill Foundation
    American Near East Refugee Aid (United States)
    To implement the Right Start Early Childhood Development Program.